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tectonosphere

tectonosphere noun: the outermost layer of the Earth where the crustal movements originate.

Noun

tectonosphere (plural tectonospheres)

  1. The outermost layer of the Earth where the crustal movements originate.

Forms of tectonosphere

pluraltectonospheres

Origin of tectonosphere

From tectono- + -sphere.

Words formed from tectonosphere

Questions about tectonosphere

What does tectonosphere mean?
Tectonosphere means the outermost layer of the Earth where the crustal movements originate.
What part of speech is tectonosphere?
Tectonosphere is a noun.
What is the plural of tectonosphere?
The plural of tectonosphere is tectonospheres.

Words near tectonosphere in the dictionary

  1. tectonophysicists
  2. tectonophysics
  3. tectonosedimentary
  4. tectonosequence
  5. tectonosequences
  6. tectonosphere
  7. tectonospheres
  8. tectonospheric
  9. tectonostratigraphic
  10. tectonostratigraphical
  11. tectonostratigraphically

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